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… My question is will it receive them well enough to be successful at DXing them? How might it compare to a 4-element Yagi cut to the frequency at 162.4?

Let smeone else respond. But I cannot imagine tremendously greater reception from an antenna tuned to NOAA versus the Elk L5. If you want to start conversations, though, build a simple $15 tape measure antenna … plans on the ANTENNAS page at Work-Sat.com http://work-sat.com/ .

Clint K6LCS

On May 12, 2023, at 8:46 PM, Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

Will it receive the NOAA freqs? Absolutely.